Much to Ashe's disgust, the talk at the U.S. Pro Indoor in the Spectrum at Philadelphia was all about how he had risen from the ashes—but he had come back and oh so splendidly, until Jimmy Connors laid him to rest in the finals

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A real nice clambake is in store for the Monterey Peninsula when the 38th Bing Crosby National Pro-Am tees off. Dan Jenkins will be between the cypress and the deep blue sea, watching Tom Watson go for his third consecutive championship.

No Indian giver, Danny (Little Red) Lopez, who is chiefly Ute, likes to keep what he has, which is the WBC featherweight championship. Bruce Newman pays a call on the champ, who has a habit of getting decked, only to rise and go on the warpath.

Before he became the premier postseason performer of his generation, the Patriots icon was a middling college quarterback who invited skepticism, even scorn, from fans and his coaches. That was all—and that was everything